IndigeNews: July 29 – August 5, 2025

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

The Mi’kmaw phrase of the week is…

“Kisikewiku‘s”
🗣 (gis-sig-gay-we-goos)

Meaning: fruit and berry-ripening moon (August) 🍓 🌕

In the News

  1. Indigenous teams still in it to win it on Amazing Race Canada – CTV News
  2. Lennox Island’s Sark family donates 333 acres of land for conservation – Saltwire
  3. International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2025 – Amnesty International
  4. ‘Everybody’s welcome’ to large powwow at Cape Breton’s Open Hearth Park – Saltwire
  5. Detection dogs to search former residential school site near Chapleau – Timmins Today
  6. Groundbreaking held for the new Wije’winen Friendship Centre in Halifax – News Canada
  7. Man banished from First Nation for 5 years challenges ‘incredibly extreme punishment’ – CBC News
  8. Children cut from Jordan’s Principle services under ‘substantive equality’ should reapply – APTN News
  9. Climate funding supports 10 more PEI projects to fight climate change – Government of Prince Edward Island
  10. New Report Confirms What First Nations Have Long Known: MMIWG2S+ Crisis Is Fuelled by Human Trafficking and Inaction – Manitoba Chiefs

Politics & Law

  1. Flying Dust First Nation and Canada reach settlement agreement – Nation Talk
  2. First Nation chief says police must stamp out illegal drug trade – Telegraph-Journal
  3. Angry chiefs call on feds, province to help parents of Indigenous kids – Telegraph-Journal
  4. Ottawa says it wants to improve income assistance program on First Nation reserves – CTV News
  5. N.S. Mi’kmaq chiefs call on Ottawa to address income assistance disparity on reserves – CTV News
  6. Broad consultation needed on One Economy Law, don’t rush timelines: Indigenous leaders warn – APTN News
  7. ‘Police aren’t the only answer’: Watchdog suggests justice system can do better for Indigenous Peoples – APTN News

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Kahnawake signs trade agreement – Eastern Door
  2. ‘Build, baby, build’: a guide to Canada’s Bill C-5 – The Narwhal
  3. First Nations Bank reaches funding deal for Whistler development – CTV News
  4. $200M legacy fund for day school survivors now open for applications – CBC News
  5. Glooscap First Nation in Nova Scotia to launch seafood market this year – Global News
  6. Ontario funds CA$6.2 million forest biomass innovation push in Northwest – Bioenergy
  7. Canada Plans $24 Billion in Spending Cuts, Targeting Indigenous Programs and Veterans – Nation Talk
  8. Matawa Education appeals to Ottawa to fund program to revitalize Indigenous languages across northern Ontario – CBC News
  9. First Nations Bank of Canada Announces Largest Financing Package under Canada Infrastructure Bank’s partnership supports Tseqwtsúqum development in B.C. – Newswire

Education, Health & Culture

  1. Lacrosse tournament puts emphasis on culture – CTV News
  2. Why gifts of beaded medallions are sparking debate – CBC News
  3. Grab some jam and celebrate National Bannock Day – CBC News
  4. Cape Breton village celebrating 250 years since its founding – CTV News
  5. A guide to some of the N.B. artists taking the Area 506 stage – CBC News
  6. How storytelling shaped the way she walks in the world  – Alberta Native News
  7. Virtual tour of former residential school captures the spirit of place – CBC News
  8. Why Indigenous success in TV is so important for this award winner – APTN News
  9. Sprouting Ceremony marks new beginning for urban Indigenous Peoples in Halifax – Canada
  10. ‘Time for action is now’; Mi’kmaq chiefs want to restart negotiations about on-reserve poverty – Saltwire

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Quebec’s Bill 97 sparks protests in First Nation territory – APTN News
  2. Support First Nation Youth Movements Protecting The Land – Wawatay News
  3. SȾÁUTW̱ First Nation celebrates buoy installation to further marine protection – Chek
  4. Court challenges shake nuclear waste dump plans at Chalk River – Pembroke Observer
  5. Carcross/Tagish First Nation put in charge of remediating 3 contaminated sites – CBC News

Wela’lioq, Msit No’kmaq – Thank you, All My Relations

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    • Basket by master basket weaver, Keptin Jimmy Bernard
    • L’nuey blanket
    • L’nuey Toque
    • $200 grocery gift card
  5. Prize winner will be selected via a random draw on October 6, 2023.
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  8. The Prize must be accepted as described and may not be transferred to another person prior to being awarded. L’nuey retains the right to replace the Prize with a different prize of equal or greater value if the original prize becomes unavailable for reasons beyond L’nuey’s control.
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    • $200 grocery gift card
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  8. The Prize must be accepted as described and may not be transferred to another person prior to being awarded. L’nuey retains the right to replace the Prize with a different prize of equal or greater value if the original prize becomes unavailable for reasons beyond L’nuey’s control.
  9. The name of the winner upon receiving their Prize will be posted on L’nuey’s website, as well as shared on their social channels.
  10. L’nuey reserves the right to cancel, modify or suspend the Contest without notice, for any reason, including if they are not capable of running as planned or the Contest is adversely affected by computer virus, fraud, technical failures or other causes beyond its control.
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  3. Contest begins on December 12, 2022 at 12:00:00 a.m. AST and ends on January 31, 2023 at 11:59:59 p.m. AST
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    • Basket by master basket weaver, Keptin Jimmy Bernard
    • L’nuey blanket
    • L’nuey Toque
    • $200 grocery gift card
  5. Prize winner will be selected via a random draw on February 6, 2023.
  6. L’nuey will contact the Prize winner through the email address provided on the contest entry form. If it is not possible within a 48 hour period to contact the Prize winner, L’nuey will disqualify that Entry and randomly select another Entry as the winner. Once the winner is successfully contacted, they will be required to answer a skill-testing question to be verified.
  7. Once verified, the Prize winner must make arrangements with L’nuey to pick up their prize.
  8. The Prize must be accepted as described and may not be transferred to another person prior to being awarded. L’nuey retains the right to replace the Prize with a different prize of equal or greater value if the original prize becomes unavailable for reasons beyond L’nuey’s control.
  9. The name of the winner upon receiving their Prize will be posted on L’nuey’s website, as well as shared on their social channels.
  10. L’nuey reserves the right to cancel, modify or suspend the Contest without notice, for any reason, including if they are not capable of running as planned or the Contest is adversely affected by computer virus, fraud, technical failures or other causes beyond its control.
  11. All Contestants agree to be bound by the rules of the Contest and release L’nuey and all parties associated with the Contest from any liability with respect to this Contest or any prize.
  12. All decisions by L’nuey with regard to all aspects of this Contest are final.

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